Wallet and detachable pouch combination



Nov. 18, 1958 H. s. CHASE WALLET AND DETACHABLE POUCH COMBINATION Filed Jan. 9, 1957 IN V EN TOR. lie/9am? 5.67/55 BY A T TORNEY United States Patent C) WALLET AND DETACHABLE POUCH COMBINATION Herbert S. Chase, Woodmere, N. Y., assignor to Bernard Calm Co., Inc., New York, N. Y.

Application January 9, 1957, Serial No. 633,302 3 Claims. (Cl. 15035) My invention relates to wallets and pouches and in particular to a wallet and detachable pouch combination.

The principal object of my invention is to provide such a combination, wherein provision is made in a novel manner for means of detachably securing a pouch to a wallet so that the two may form a unified whole.

Another object of my invention is to provide such means, whereby the wallet and pouch may be easily and readily detached from one another and used as separate articles complete in themselves.

'A further object of my invention is to provide a wallet and pouch which will be attractive in appearance both as a combination and individually.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a wallet and detachable pouch combination which can be mass produced at a comparatively low cost.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the combination featuring the wallet,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the combination featuring the pouch,

Figure 3 is a plan view of the wallet and pouch detached from one another showing the details of the attachment means, and

Figure 4 is a cross-section of the attached combination taken on line 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, my combination consists of a wallet 1 and pouch 2. Both are ad vantageously made of a plastic fabric capable of being joined by heat sealing; however other materials, such as leather, cloth and the like may be used, in which case appropriate means may be employed for joining these together, such as stitching, etc. The body of wallet 1 comprises an outer front member or side 3 and an outer rear member or side 5 formed of one piece of material which is folded over transversely at edge 7. Secured by heat sealing at 8 to rear member or side 5 adjacent edge 7 is a rectangularly shaped strip 9 made of the same plastic fabric slightly narrower in Width than the wallet and formed with a tapering portion 11 terminating in a strap 13. Secured to strip 9 is the male part of a snap fastener 17 capable of engaging with its counterpart 18 fixed to the rear member 5 of the wallet. Strap 13 is similarly provided with a snap fastener 19 at its end so that it may be folded over the ends 20 of the wallet and secured to its front member or side 3. A false buckle 23 is provided on strap for enhancing the appearance of the article, although it may be used or not as desired.

The pouch 2 comprises a front body portion or side 25 having a top flap 27 which is made as a continuation of the rear member or side 29 and is adapted to fold over and close the top of the pouch and to extend down the front thereof. Secured near the edge of rear member or side 29 of the pouch is a strap 31, which may be folded over flap 27 and clasped to the front body portion or side 25 by means of a snap fastener 33. Another false buckle 35 is optionally provided on this strap to add to the appearance of the article.

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Secured by heat sealing to the back or rear member or side 29 of the pouch along its longitudinal edges at 30 is a rectangular strip of plastic fabric forming a pocket 35 having an open end 36 and a transverse slot 37. Strip 9 of the wallet and strap 13 are slid through the open end 36 and slot 37 of the pocket, rear members or sides 5 and 29, respectively, of the wallet and pouch brought together, whereupon strip 9 is fastened to rear member 5 of the wallet by means of the mating parts 17 and 18 of the snap fastener, thereby securing the wallet to the pouch. The ends 20 of the wallet are prevented from opening out by folding strap 13 thereover and fastening it to the front member or side 3 by means of a snap fastener 19. To detach the pouch from the wallet, should it be desired to use either one separately, the process is reversed, i. e. strap 13 is disengaged by unlocking the snap fastener 19, the strip 9 by disengaging the parts 17 and 18 of the fastener and sliding out the strip and the strap out of pocket 35.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of the parts may 'be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention, or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a wallet and detachable pouch combination, wherein the wallet is provided with a flexible fabric strip secured at its one end exteriorly to the wallet for detachably connecting the latter to the pouch, said strip having a free end; a pouch body adapted for detachable connection with said wallet and having a front face portion and a rear face portion; means forming a pocket secured exteriorly of said pouchs rear face portion, said pocket having an open end, and a closed end provided with a transverse slot adjacent and spaced from said closed end for the insertion therethrough of said flexible fabric strip, fastener means for securing the free end of the strip to the wallet, whereby said wallet may be detachably secured exteriorly of said pouch by inserting said strip through said open end and said transverse slot and securing the free end of the strip to the wallet, without opening the wallet or the pouch.

2. In the combination according to claim 1, said fabric strip being formed with a rectangular portion adapted for a snug fit in said pocket, said fabric strip terminating in a taper at its said free end.

3. In a wallet and detachable pouch combination, wherein the pouch is provided with an exterior pocket having an open end and a closed end and a transverse slot adjacent and spaced parallel to the pockets closed end; a wallet body consisting of sides foldable upon a transverse line, an outer front side and an outer rear side; a flexible fabric strip secured exteriorly to said Wallets outer rear side and having a free end adapted to fold over said wallets front side; fastener means for detachably securing said free end of the flexible fabric strip to said front side of the wallet after inserting the strip through the open end and transverse slot of the pocket of said pouch, whereby said wallet may be detachably secured exteriorly of said pouch by inserting said strip through said open end and said transverse slot and securing the free end of the strip to the wallet, without opening the wallet or the pouch.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,606,589 Linehan Aug. 12, 1952 2,648,366 Higbee et al Aug. 11, 1953 2,674,290 St. Thomas Apr. 6, 1954 2,746,503 Knee May 22, 1956 

